In the last four decades, Australia has resettled thousands of African refugees. As a visibly different minoritised group, Black African youth are often represented as disengaged, dangerous, and undesirable. Even so, rarely are generative mechanisms that negatively affect the life-courses of the youth critically examined.
Drawing on a wide range of theoretical resources, policy reviews, longitudinal statistical data, and in-depth interviews, this book reports on the educational attainment and integration outcomes of African heritage Australian youth from refugee backgrounds. The book also identifies intersectional factors of educational disadvantage, analyses equity provisions, and outlines policy ideas for improved educational attainment and integration of refugee youth. It is unique in its scope and focus and contributes to knowledge in African Australian studies.
The book will appeal to researchers, postgraduate students, and policymakers interested in understanding the dynamics of refugee resettlement and integration.
Drawing on a range of theoretical resources, policy reviews, longitudinal statistical data, and in-depth interviews, this book reports on the educational attainment and integration outcomes of African heritage Australian youth from refugee backgrounds.
List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations and Acronyms
Acknowledgements Foreword Series Editors Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I Contexts and Concepts
Chapter 2: African refugees in Australia:
Resettlement and representation
Chapter 3: Education and refugee integration:
A capability approach Part II Educational Attainment
Chapter 4: School
education: Aspirations, engagement, and transition
Chapter 5: Higher
education opportunities: Policy visibility of refugees
Chapter 6: Higher
education participation: Access, experience, and success Part III Integration
Outcomes
Chapter 7: Multiculturalism and refugee integration
Chapter 8:
Economic participation, social engagement, and cultural citizenship
Chapter 9
Racial othering
Chapter 10 Improving refugee integration: Policy ideas Index
Tebeje Molla is a senior lecturer and ARC Future Fellow in the School of Education at Deakin University, Australia. His research focuses on inequality and policy responses in education. Theoretically, his work is informed by critical sociology and a capability approach to social justice and human development. Tebeje is the author of Higher Education in Ethiopia: Structural Inequalities and Policy Responses (Springer, 2018).
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